Just a calm flick off the pads from Ian Bell, a sauntered single, a clenched
fist and a hasty collection of a souvenir stump from Nick Compton — and
England had administered a full stop to what has surely been one of their
finest away wins of recent times. Not since March 2000 have India lost
consecutive Test matches at home, a measure of England’s achievement and of
the remarkable turnaround after Ahmedabad.

In some ways, this was a superior victory to Mumbai. The toss was more
favourable to the team batting first here, given that the pitch did not spin